The prize for the best dissertation in business history was awarded to:

Christopher L. Colvin, Religion,Competition and Liability: Dutch Cooperative Banking in Crisis, 1919-1927, London School of Economics

The prize for the best paper presented at the conference was jointed awarded to:

- Pierre-Yves Donzé (Kyoto University), The Global Value Chain and the Shift towards Luxury in the Swiss Watch Industry: A Focus on the Swatch Group (1990-2010)

and

- Kristoffer Jensen (The Danish Museum of Industry and the University of Southern Denmark) and René Poulsen (Copenhagen Business School), Fibres of History. The Transformation of the Danish Fashion Industry and the Emergence of Global Value Chains, 1970-2011

Breakdown by nationality of the participants to the Paris conference

Country

Percentage

Number of participants

Argentina

0,25%

1

Australia

1,50%

6

Belgium

1,25%

5

Canada

1,25%

5

Colombia

0,25%

1

Czech Republic

0,75%

3

Denmark

2,75%

11

Finland

1,25%

5

France

23,25%

93

Germany

4,50%

18

Greece

2,50%

10

Hong Kong S.A.R.

0,25%

1

Hungary

0,25%

1

Italy

4,75%

19

Japan

20,75%

83

Luxembourg

0,25%

1

Malta

0,25%

1

Mexico

0,25%

1

N. Ireland

0,50%

2

Norway

2,75%

11

Philippines

0,25%

1

Portugal

0,75%

3

Rep of Korea

0,25%

1

Russia

1,00%

4

South Africa

0,50%

2

South Korea

0,50%

2

Spain

2,75%

11

Sweden

4,50%

18

Switzerland

3,75%

15

Netherlands

3,75%

15

Turkey

0,25%

1

UK

8,00%

32

USA

4,25%

17

Total

100,00%

400

Criticisms welcome

The French organizers welcome criticisms about the Paris conference by the participants in order to draw conclusions for both their institution and for future conferences of the EBHA and of the BHSJ.

We are very thankful to the participants for their contributions, to the staff and the students of the EHESS for their constant support and to our public and private sponsors and partners for helping to make this large joint international conference possible.